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- Title
- A Comparison of Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of National Technology Standards
- Author
- Wilkins, Patricia
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership
- Description
- The need for teachers and administrators to select and use appropriate and effective technologies to support instruction is critical for the academic and social success of students. The purpose of the study was to document and compare administrato...
- Title
- Coaching in Early Intervention: Practitioners' Perceptions of the Training and Implementation Process
- Author
- Faryadi, Lisa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Recommended and best practices support the use of coaching strategies in promoting child and family outcomes in Early Intervention (EI) programs. However, practitioners have found it challenging to shift to a coaching approach with families, and t...
- Title
- Coaching in Early Intervention: Practitioners' Perceptions of the Training and Implementation Process
- Author
- Faryadi, Lisa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Recommended and best practices support the use of coaching strategies in promoting child and family outcomes in Early Intervention (EI) programs. However, practitioners have found it challenging to shift to a coaching approach with families, and t...
- Title
- Culturally and Linguistically Complex Classrooms, In-Service Professional Development, and the Mediation of Mainstream Elementary School Teachers' Professional Subjectivities in the North Carolina Piedmont
- Author
- Siefert, Barbara
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Multicultural education, Education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Career development
- Description
- This dissertation study employed participatory methods of qualitative inquiry to understand how, in the setting of the North Carolina piedmont, a district-initiated multi-tiered professional development program mediated mainstream elementary schoo...
- Title
- DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CRITICAL SCIENCE CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG SCIENCE EDUCATORS
- Author
- Crabtree, Lenora
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Science--Study and teaching
- Description
- Justice-oriented pedagogies support students’ sociopolitical, or critical, consciousness. Research reveals, however, that science educators, the majority of whom are white, struggle to enact these practices. The purpose of this Design-based Resear...
- Title
- EXPLORING ATTITUDES RELATED TO TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AMONG TEACHERS IN RURAL TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELORS AND COUNSELOR EDUCATORS
- Author
- Grybush, Amy
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational counseling, Counseling psychology, Social sciences
- Description
- Counselors working in schools have important roles in effectively addressing childhood adversity. Research over the last two-and-a-half decades has asserted that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a significant public health issue (American ...
- Title
- Effects of Tier 1 Enhancement Training on Teachers' Instructional Unit Accuracy
- Author
- Kretlow, Allison
- Date Created
- 2009
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Education, Elementary
- Description
- Early intervention models such as Response to Intervention have shown promise in reducing risk of academic failure (Bursuck et al., 2005; Foorman, Fletcher, Francis, & Schatschneider, 1998). General education teachers assume primary responsibility...
- Title
- Effects of an Asynchronous Online Intervention on Secondary General Educator Knowledge, Application, Confidence, and Generalization of the Predictors of Postschool Success
- Author
- Kwiatek, Stephen
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education
- Description
- Federal legislation has mandated students with and without disabilities be prepared for college and careers (ESSA, 2015; IDEA, 2004). Students with high-incidence disabilities experience less success than their peers without disabilities (Newman e...
- Title
- Experiences and Perceptions of Professional Development Facilitators In a Job-Embedded School Initiative
- Author
- Mashariki, Kaia
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Teachers--Training of, Adult education
- Description
- Recent legislation and accountability efforts in K-12 schools have increased the need to support and maintain high-quality teachers through enhanced professional development and teacher training efforts. As districts and schools seek new and innov...
- Title
- FACULTY PERCEPTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING ACCESSIBLE ONLINE COURSES
- Author
- Guilbaud, Thelma
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Educational leadership, Education, Higher, Educational technology
- Description
- This study examined the perceptions of university faculty on their knowledge and accessibility practices in designing and delivering online courses for students with disabilities. An online survey developed by the researcher was utilized to collec...
- Title
- How school leaders prioritize and allocate resources to improve teacher quality through teacher professional development: A multiple case study in suburban North Carolina
- Author
- Tyson, Deonte
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Teachers--Training of
- Description
- This multiple case study examined the methods by which school leaders determined and planned teacher professional development, as well as what teachers perceived as their professional development needs and how they believe school leaders take thos...
- Title
- INVESTIGATION OF CONTENT-BASED TRAINING AND PRACTICE-BASED COACHING WITH TEACHERS OF LATINO PRESCHOOLERS WHO ARE DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS AT RISK FOR LANGUAGE DELAYS
- Author
- Godfrey-Hurrell, Jessica
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Early childhood education
- Description
- A multiple probe across teacher participants design was used to examine the effects of a professional development intervention that included content-based training and practice-based coaching on teacher implementation of interactive reading proced...
- Title
- Investigating the Influence of Literacy Coaching as Embedded PD on Teacher Instruction
- Author
- Mauzy, Katherine
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Reading
- Description
- Improving elementary student reading achievement has been a well-defined goal of many federal and state educational initiatives over the last several decades. To that end, vast amounts of resources have been funneled into professional development ...
- Title
- More than Pizza: Exploring the Professional Development Needs of Afterschool Administrators and Cultural Relevance
- Author
- Miller, Chiquita
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- Afterschool programs play a significant role in the lives of minoritized students, offering a safe space for them to develop academically, socially, and emotionally. Program administrators are responsible for the oversight of the organization and ...
- Title
- THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM
- Author
- Macon, Amanda
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- This case study examined the effects of a one-day differentiated instruction professional development on teacher implementation and student engagement. All schools provide professional development for teachers and expect student engagement in the ...
- Title
- Teacher Evaluation of Resources Designed for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
- Author
- Lee, Angel
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Mathematics--Study and teaching
- Description
- ABSTRACTANGEL HORD LEE. Teacher evaluation of resources designed for teaching mathematics to students with significant cognitive disabilities. (Under the direction of DR. DIANE BROWDER)Educators of students with significant cognitive disabilities ...
- Title
- Teaching the Teachers: A Case Study of Instructional Leader Professional Development
- Author
- Sykes, Melissa
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Teachers--Training of, Adult education, Continuing education
- Description
- The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore professional development from the perspective of instructional leaders to identify if the assumptions of Knowles’s (1990) Adult Learning Theory were present in the planning and implementation of...
- Title
- The Impact of Teachers' Knowledge and Professional Development Experiences on the Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices they Implement in Literacy
- Author
- Kavel, Rebecca
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Education, Elementary, Reading
- Description
- ABSTRACT With substantial demographic shifts in the U.S. student population, today’s teachers educate growing numbers of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (Kena, Aud, & Johnson, 2010). While these students bring an ab...
- Title
- USING THE CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTION MODEL TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN TEACHER BELIEFS
- Author
- Neale, Henry
- Date Created
- 2011
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
- Description
- With the increased importance placed on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout the world but particularly in the United States, research in mathematics education has become widely recognized as critical to e...